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Tado Tephra Yoshida et al., 1991

• Type locality: Shimogahira, Kono, Tado town, Kuwana city, Mie prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene (3.3 Ma, FT)

• Lithofacies (Upper): Vitreous volcanic ash
• Lithofacies (Lower): Volcanic ash

• Host: Kono Formation
• Thickness: 0.18 - 3 m

• Distribution: Shimogahira, Kono, Tado town, Kuwana city, Mie pref.; Shimofukayabe, Kuwana city, Mie pref.
• Fossils: Plants

• Yoshida et al. (1991) Geology of the Kuwana District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 154p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)